The Conon Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1381
• Sections: 9

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Conon Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1999 and shall come into force on 14th May 1999.

(2) The Alness Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1995 and a Conon Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1995 are revoked.

Section 2 Designation of area of district

(1) The area described in Schedule 1 to this Order is designated as a salmon fishery district to be known as the Conon Salmon Fishery District.

(2) The existing Alness Salmon Fishery District and Conon Salmon Fishery District, being superseded by the district designated by this Order, are abolished.

Section 3 Application of regulations

The regulations specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall apply to the district designated by article 2 above.

Section 4 Annual close time

(1) The annual close time for the district designated by article 2 above shall be the period from 27th August to 10th February, both dates inclusive, in each year.

(2) The period, within that annual close time, when it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line in the district designated by article 2 above shall be–

(a) in that part of that district comprising the catchment area of each river which flows directly or indirectly into the Cromarty Firth between, in the West, Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NH6255 6528 (“Balconie Point”) and in the East, Ordnance Grid Reference NH7961 6870 (“the slipway at Nigg Ferry”) together with the adjacent part of that Firth lying within a line drawn due south from Balconie Point to the mid-line of the Firth at high water, thence Eastwards following the mid-line to the point where it intersects a line drawn due North from Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NH7095 6718 (“Newhall Point”) and thence in a straight line to the slipway at Nigg Ferry, the period from 27th August to 31st October, both dates inclusive, in each year; and

(b) in any other part of that district, the period from 27th August to 30th September, both dates inclusive, in each year.

Section 1 Regulations made under section 3 of the Salmon Act 1986

Part II of the Salmon (Definition of Methods of Net Fishing and Construction of Nets) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 .

Section 2 Regulations made under section 3 of the Salmon Act 1986

The Salmon (Fish Passes and Screens) (Scotland) Regulations 1994 .

Section 3 Regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862

Byelaw made by the Commissioners appointed under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 dated 11th January and 19th April, 1864 with respect to the due observance of the weekly close time .

Section 4 Regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862

Byelaw made by the said Commissioners dated 18th April and 19th July, 1865 with respect to the construction and use of cruives .

Section 5 Regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862

Byelaw made by the said Commissioners dated 29th April and 19th July, 1865 with respect to the construction and alteration of mill dams or lades, or water wheels .